a certain playing style by forwards dominating the tight game and then a very restrictive game plan insofar as the backline is concerned, The whole backline according to your theory -
* comprise only of the scrummie, flyhalf an no 12;
* the rest making up the numbers to defend against opposition attack.
In terms of your theory the role of the flyhalf is maunly to kick balls and the role of the center mainly to "crashball". The effectieness of the kicking is not an issue 0 as long as it is long in distance.
There are a multitude of problems attached to that theory, the main ones being that there -
* that there is an extremely limited and easily predicted game plan in evidence - with easy countermeasures by the opposition in evidence;
* that players short of any real playing skills and virtually no game reading abilities are according to you the answer to the problem; and
* judging by the Super 15 results thus far there is no evidence that the plan even remotely is working.
The key players you support constantly do not really have a stellar Super 15 and if you are honest you will admit it. Three of the pl;ayers you strongly support are Jannie du Plessis (tighthead), Willem Alberts (at 7) and Francois Steyn (at 10,
Of these three -
* Du Plessis's scrumming was reasonable - the rest of his game poor;
* Alberts was never really convincing - the speed linmitation causing missed tackles and poor tackling efforts - with no ball skills and no ball recovery abilities; and
* Steyn's goal kicking abilities good - his success rate being 75% - but the rest of his game deficient in all aspects of the game partly due to a serious speed deficiency and non-ability to read games and take reasonable decisions.
After the latest fiascoes do you really think it is worthwhile to pick players wit h deficient ball skills to play for the Springboks?
